Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-04-15

eshos yO0 custtNty. L tTNSt you Hltk
my last meSsage-to heri Now go"
VI shall soc you agAinr sntrcats she,
lingering.
~ hope noti I hope from my soul
notr
For tho FIRST timo his eomposure .eeu.s
to dcsere him. Flo grows CHASTITY pale.
aud tit OF shivcring seizes upon him.
You ars Ill you are sufferin3t" cries
his u.o,her quickly.
no. 1t is nothing. Only sol 1
must 10 alone for awhile, and my time Ls
short. Good-by.
STOPPING, lie preesss his lips to her fore
heal
"For the nosnsn.r' she answers nnx
iously.
"Gooa-by"
There is no dental OF her question In his
manner, and ahe Ia fain to bs content
with It. She cllnNs to him, and embraces
him warmly; An embrace no returns In
kind. Bhe moves rs IL to leave h!sa. AL
most ss ths reaches ths door, Lis voice
stops her.
Ssone word" As says husAlIy. "Do
not--ao not Is unk,ni 10 nor! When
am gone, DO not show or Zeal resentment
! toward hur."
Ho makes hor o nign with his hand 70
! declare lie has aaid all he had called her
10 hear, and Ilng ovs, shc closes shs door
Dohind her.
Tho sound Of her retrcating footatcps
haa diaa away. lie II nlonei Ilc stretches
out his arms YEARLY, az ono might who
hos Just nuns from him ucms er~el bur
den. hsd drawing back tho curtains, epens
wide the window End R,sea cut epon tho
growing dny. Already tho sun hes
mounted tho hcavena, kud froIa tho oa It
soie rosy bsrs or tren,ulous light ore de-
rcendinY upon the distsnt hill tops From
nuong the lsurels eome4 the thrilling
iausic Of fREumerable birdb; from the
Wood the eooip6 o; tho gentle pigeons.
A rose that has c!iuibsd up tho wnll more
anbi,ives thun its fellows, thrusn ita
scented petals into his hrud.
Mechanically he accepts the glft. eas
breaking tho iiower from its sten, inhslcn
t's perfume. IL 10 swoes with dew, aud
sweet as only a acrniaH rose oan bs, with
al the cool m0iature II the dead past
ni.'t Niu On II, aEd buried In its heart
boyle. su;l - II without thecKlS, having
triiied with Tho fower, cnrries 1. 20 table .
near aud puts out his hand tow,,xd a vaao
fIed with wntcr. T'hs action roucep him.
He checks himself, nnd after u brief
rtuse hirGs the flower upon tho ground
lie had been about to plnce Il In tho
water with yisw 10 its preservation
when that revulsion q feeling came over
hlsi. To save It from inutnnl destruction
why. That lie might eco II upon tho
norrowf Tho niorrswi Where Will he
be them
He Gets hiu heea upon the flower and
| erGshes II out OF all loveliness Death In
ruastn4 ward hfIa IN swih black wings
shall that rcnselora noweR DO rparedf
II In q very poor. very paltry Bit Of
malice, yot 1t .rvos him, md brings hirn
again face TO fGss with his iudemi;Abis
resolve.
CroFsIng the room, no syoas O eass
lyina upSn a bureau and draws from 1t n
revolver. He runs his hand lightly over
n, and the cool touch of tho st col seems
10 steady him. Having assured himself
thet IL Ia loaded, be lays It down again
and turns te writing table.
Eis hond Is 1rn,, tho writing bold AZ
ever. A few words, explaining where the
fa'noNs sEpphirc9 (n0w dismsntled and
unset) may be found In HIS roomn in town,
nre s-idrcrsed TO HIS mother Dold words,
With no c1idcarinS commencement, no af-
fcctenste terminatlon. To him the sap
phirea are of No further uss. Isinas we'll
thai MillicCnt should hnyo them EAein.
Ho fings the pen aside, nad. e5eto
hts feet, paoes hurTiedly mp and dowNS+Sn
room. He can walk now. But llke
fHss ~ bursts upon him that sooa moyeee
mont will he impossible. There upon tho
carpet he Hes like n rtick--a stone! The
great grand fovor of living 10 tearing
through his voins. His pulses throb, his
heart bcats-therc are years Of lie within
the tall. slender, flnnly built frame that
locks he hast through the open window.
The cnrly morning air, freah and frogrant.
rnshce Esyly in. Heavens! how tH!r tho
world IS! Was Il ever 80 foir as tO.dnyf
He lakes up the revolver nga1n and lifts
IL TO his mouth. There Is short hes,ia-
tton. His mind travels backward. His
brain reels. Therc!-therei she 10 bo-
fore him aeainI A slight form. clothed
all fa pclest Liuo. A faoe divlnel Her
lovely gians! iTor eyes--dnrk-liquid.
Sec, now, they CLEAN for-Durani Curss
him! To him she holds out her hands.
To him fhe gives hcrst!f. Sho turns
groah Of AaoniEed remembrance
bursts from his li1s. Then follows .
alinrp reports Is rings through ths housed
he swsys, and eorpsa, d!shgured in o
horrible manner, fals heavily 10 tho
ground. All ia over
Through the window the Night breeze
entars ms,rily. siid floating downwarX
Ifts the hair, that 10 still unwet, from. .Ee
dead maa'p heed, and softly, delic.fcIy
plays with Il. There Is only the1freezs'
All otheG mo,fon is geno. 10 Hatcl.so 10
the silence that rcigne wtthia g., shnm-
"Sii N"oS t'ny Dh'tr eUDtlHtNeQ by ~.
perches Oh the siu OF the WINDOW. and
breaks forth tpts morning carol, loud
and shrill. A tatol A re2uiem rstbeYi
And no" the salence is hI5kea. Through
the passages beyond COMES Tho xocDd OF
hurrying feet. There rs osae that runs hs.
fore The others. Eearfr, nearer thoy come,
and still the bird carbia, the wind plsys--
tho deed man lies }thcre. oerelsis--us.
knowing.
A touch upen be haadls Of Tho door,
The Wind still wells In lfoless tzesses,
bnf- eAs uird has tfAh ewsy. Tho door
opens
Upon the threshd1d ntands---hia mother.
rHE END.